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The Jerusalem Post:
Saudi Arabia and seven other Arab and Muslim countries on Sunday issued a joint statement rejecting any attempt to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and reaffirming their support for the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state.
The statement was signed by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia.
The countries strongly condemned statements made in Israel calling for the encouragement of Palestinian emigration from the Gaza Strip and warned against turning such ideas into government policy or practical measures on the ground.
According to the statement, displacing Palestinians from their land, whether by force or by creating conditions that would compel them to leave, constitutes a serious violation of international law and damages prospects for reaching a political settlement…
The countries reiterated their support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967, lines, with east Jerusalem as its capital, as part of a two-state solution and in accordance with UN resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. A similar position appeared in previous statements issued by the same group of countries in recent months...
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